AMD X399 to lack bootable NVMe RAID support at launch

Posted on Friday, August 04 2017 @ 19:41 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

News emerged that AMD is having trouble with bootable NVMe RAID support on its upcoming Ryzen Threadripper platform. Tom's Hardware reports AMD's X399 chipset will not allow you to use NVMe SSDs in a bootable RAID, the chipset's bootable RAID support will be limited to SATA.

AMD is reportedly working on enabling the feature but hasn't set a firm timeline:

We were also told that AMD is going to enable the feature, but there isn't a firm timeline. It's one thing to talk about booting from an array of speedy next-generation storage devices that can surpass 5,000MB/s with just two drives; it's another thing to actually deliver.

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